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Amorphous Silicon Continue to Lead the TFPV Space for Several Years to Come

According to NanoMarkets, an industry analysis firm, Amorphous silicon (a-Si) - a thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) material that has been around since the late 70s - will continue to lead the TFPV space for several years to come.

30 Mar 2009

A New Step Towards Quantum Computers

The intrinsic rotation of electrons - the "spin" - remains unused by modern electronics. If use as an information carrier were possible, the processing power of electronic components would suddenly increase to a multiple of the present capacity.

28 Mar 2009

Cyberlux Launches New Lighting Products Addressing Existing Commercial Lighting Markets

Cyberlux Corporation, (OTCBB: CYBL), a leading provider of LED lighting solutions, announced today that the company has introduced two new categories of outdoor commercial-grade lighting products, the Outdoor Area Lighting and the Outdoor Overhead Lighting, that will expand the Cyberlux product offering to address large emerging commercial opportunities.

27 Mar 2009

OIDA President Outlines Number of Approaches Needed to Strengthen U.S. Optoelectronics Industry

Michael Lebby, president of OIDA, testified Tuesday at a Congressional hearing on China's Industrial Policy and Its Impact on U.S. Companies, Workers and the American Economy. Chaired by Commissioners Patrick A. Mulloy and Daniel M. Slane, Lebby offered OIDA's perspective on the panel discussing China's Nanotechnology and Optoelectronics Industries.

27 Mar 2009

Samsung Begins Producing Energy-efficient LCD Panels with Edge-lit LED Backlighting

In response to rapidly expanding demand for slimmer televisions, Samsung Electronics LCD Business announced today that it has begun mass producing the industry’s first ultra-slim LCD panels suited for large size TVs.

26 Mar 2009

Lighting Science Group Installs Energy Saving Fixtures for TXU Energy Parking Facility

Lighting Science Group Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: LSGC) (Lighting Science) announced today they completed a parking garage retrofit for TXU Energy, helping the company to reduce their energy costs.

26 Mar 2009

Lime Energy and Nexxus Lighting Announces Partnership to Provide Energy Saving LED Lighting Solutions

Lime Energy Company (NASDAQ:LIME) and Nexxus Lighting, Inc. (NASDAQ:NEXS) today announced that they are collaborating to expand the use of Nexxus Lighting's new Array™ Lighting LED light bulb in numerous projects to help Lime Energy's customers save energy and reduce carbon emissions.

26 Mar 2009

Resolve Optics Forensic UV Lens Helps Police Fight Crime in China

Resolve Optics Ltd. has announced that the Beijing Huaan Xunchi Police Equipment Co. Ltd (Beijing, China) has selected its Model 228 Forensic UV Lens to help expand sales of its Reflected UV Imaging System (RUVIS) scope that are used by Chinese police forces for forensic and crime scene investigations.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 26 Mar 2009

Elsevier Announces the Launch of Innovation Explorers

Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of Innovation Explorers, an online community of 300 researchers from 69 countries.

26 Mar 2009

New Calibration Expands Hubble's Capability

A scientist at Rochester Institute of Technology has expanded the Hubble Space Telescope's capability without the need for new instruments or billions of dollars.

25 Mar 2009

Carl Zeiss Introduces a New, Highly Flexible CrossBeam Workstation

Today, Carl Zeiss SMT introduced its newly developed AURIGA™ CrossBeam® (FIB-SEM) work-station. As one of the pioneers in developing this class of instruments, and with more than 8 years of FIB-SEM experience, the company incorporated a huge number of innovations in the new AURIGA.

25 Mar 2009

New Phantom v640 Targeted at Industrial Applications Demanding High-Resolution, High-Speed Images

Vision Research, a leading manufacturer of high-speed digital imaging systems, today unveiled the Phantom® v640, a four megapixel digital high-speed camera offering six gigapixel-per-second throughput and enhanced light sensitivity.

From Vision Research 25 Mar 2009

Two Lasers May be Better than One When Attacking Cancer Cells

Yildiz Bayazitoglu, Rice's H.S. Cameron Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering and an authority on heat transfer and fluid flow, and doctoral student Jerry Vera are using computer simulations to quantify the effect of heating nanoparticles with near-infrared lasers to kill cancer tumors without damaging healthy tissue.

25 Mar 2009

Industrial Laser Sales to Fall 32% in 2009

The industrial laser market will fall 32% in 2009, to the level of 2004, if sales stay at current levels. Sales will return to 2008 levels by 2013, helped by military, biomedical instruments, and energy-related applications.

25 Mar 2009

New Company is Developing Phosphor Products Engineered for Green-Friendly Solid State Lighting Industry

Sarnoff Corporation today announced the creation of Lightscape Materials Inc., the latest in a series of independent company spin-offs. Lightscape Materials has secured $3 Million in Series A funding from Wisepower Co. LTD and Foosung HDS Co. LTD to develop and market components for a breakthrough, green-friendly Light-Emitting Diode (LED) light bulb and a variety of other phosphor light products for new lighting applications.

25 Mar 2009